/*
 *  Copyright 2001-2009 Stephen Colebourne
 *
 *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 *  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 *  You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
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package com.jn.langx.util.jodatime.convert;

/**
 * Basic converter interface for specifying what object type can be converted.
 *
 * @author Brian S O'Neill
 * @since 1.0
 */
public interface Converter {

    /**
     * Returns the object type that this converter supports, which may
     * specified by a class, superclass, abstract class, interface, or null.
     *
     * @return the object type that this converter supports
     */
    Class<?> getSupportedType();

}
